No Code Quickstart Guide
I put together a no-code quick start guide for those interested in being among the first to try out NoCo. It's definitely rough around the edges but you'll be able to hop in and start designing rapidly.
I've spent the past few months building the MVP and am very excited to see all the cool things people have been building.
I'm open to radically honest feedback, but promise you the best customer service you've ever experienced if you're willing to try it out. I'm even happy to help you build it!
The quickstart guide is here:
https://blog.noco.io/quickstart
And just for IH-ers, the login is https://app.noco.io.
I'm interested to see how this turns out.
Initially(from a developer perspective) I'm like "Models?" like would a no-code person think that way. I also think there's a bit of info here, not a bad thing. But regarding an initial quick on boarding what about a video/gif or something.
I guess it also depends on the purpose too I saw pages/looked like an editor in one area so I guess can make pages(like WP).
Anyway I don't really have any backed thoughts/criticisms other than just being another person seeing it.
I hope you post again to update on how it goes.
It sounds like a good field to get into though/demand. Sounds interesting the distinction/niche possibilities from existing stuff eg. SquareSpace vs. more custom/capable things.
Thanks for your thoughts. I think I'm going to have to help people get started like
And just tackle use cases one by one and have templates so people don't have to start from scratch.
I second this. I'm not sure who the target customer is - developers or "non-developers"? I could see a use case for both, but it doesn't seem very clear. No-code folks are typically non-developers (for now) and need language that taps into mental models that are already established for them.
Well, this tutorial looks very deep but I would suggest you add some explanation or a goal at the beginning like "let's build blabla app with such and such functions and UI" else it's not clear why I should read this manual and what I will achieve if I go through all steps.
Maybe I should go through your 23 ideas and build them without code!
Well, you could, for sure but I believe it would be much better to work with already well known ideas. For example, you could say "let's create a Trello service" and show them how to do that using your no-code approach. People love things they already know - it's the law of psychology.
That's a great idea for a new feature too. I really like that as a kind of drag and drop component. A kind of kanban board for a ton of different use cases.
Great point. Perhaps quick start is a misnomer.